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Vajrayana tantrism
Topics: Vajrayana, tantra
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Saturday 3 August 9:30am-5pm at Vajrayana Institute Based on Lama Yeshe's wonderful approach to Buddhist tantras, Ven. Robina will give teachings on how to cultivate confidence, self-respect and happy mind to counter the 'poor self-pity' me. We will find that the deep psychology embedded in Buddhist tantric teachings are applicable to our daily life, helping us to overcome self-limiting thoughts and to empower our Buddha-nature within. About the teacher Ven Robina became a student of Lama Yeshe...
Topics: Robina Courtin, Vajrayana Institute, Buddhism, Vajrayana, Buddhist Psychology, Buddhist Tantra
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Afternoons with Geshe-la: Four Seals with Geshe Ngawang Samten Date & Times: Saturday 17 May 2014, 2pm-5pm In this teaching Geshela will explore the four seals. They are four points which, if contained in a system of teachings, indicate that the system is a Buddhist one: (1) all conditioned phenomena are impermanent, (2) all tainted phenomena are problematic (suffering), (3) all phenomena are devoid and lacking an impossible "soul," while (4) a nirvana release is a pacification...
Topics: Vajrayana Institute, Buddhism
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Aug 12, 2016
08/16
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Anne Sinclair
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With Jampa Ignyen 'For as long as space endures, and for as long as living beings remain, until then may I too abide to dispel the misery of the world'. A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life composed by Shantideva more than a thousand years ago presents inspirational verses on Mahayana aspiration and practice, and is still widely regarded as the most authentic and complete guide for the practitioner dedicated to the enlightenment of all beings. This classic teaching ranges in scope from...
Topics: bodhisattva, Shantideva, vajrayana, mind
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Sep 8, 2014
09/14
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Jampa Jaffe
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Working with Negative Emotions: Attachment With Jampa Jaffe Date & Time: Saturday 6 September 2014, 2pm-5pm Buddhism has been called a science of the mind and many who practise it say the Buddha was similar to a skillful therapist who taught practical methods for dealing with the problems of ordinary life. Though Buddhism differs from psychotherapy in some significant ways, nevertheless like psychology, it deals with the human mind and emotions and strives to create happier, healthier human...
Topics: Vajrayana Institute, Buddhism, Attachment
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Mar 4, 2018
03/18
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Vajrayana tantrism
Topics: Tantra, Vajrayana, Sex Ritual
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Jan 10, 2016
01/16
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Kagyu Changchub Chuling
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Lama Drubgyu on the Vajrayana, recorded September 20, 2014, at Kagyu Changchub Chuling in Portland, Oregon, USA
Topics: Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, Vajrayana
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Afternoons with Jampa: Advices for Daily Life Don't be so Nice with Jampa Jaffe Date & Times: Saturday 22 March 2014, 2pm-5pm The Buddha's teaching is most basically about change; changing how we both see and feel about ourselves and the world. Through talks, discussions and meditations Jampa will explore in this class a series of simple yet powerful pithy instructions on committing ourselves to and guiding ourselves along a course of daily change that empowers us and helps us to grow in...
Topics: Vajrayana Institute, Buddhism, Mahayana
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Public talk with Ven Geshe Lhakdor Public Talk: Understanding Reality for Happiness with Ven Geshe Lhakdor Date & Time: 27 April 2014, 6pm About the teacher Ven Geshe Lhakdor is the Director of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala, India. An eloguent speaker and a distinguished Buddhist Scholar, he was the personal English translator of His Holiness Dalai Lama from 1989 to 2005. He has also translated and co-produced numerous Buddhist classics by His Holiness.
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Topics: Buddhism, Vajrayana Institute
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Afternoons with Jampa: Advice for Daily Life Take on the Three Causes of Awakening with Jampa Jaffe Date & Times: Saturday 24 May 2014, 2pm-5pm The Buddha's teaching is most basically about change; changing how we both see and feel about ourselves and the world. Through talks, discussions and meditations Jampa will explore in this class a series of simple yet powerful pithy instructions on committing ourselves to and guiding ourselves along a course of daily change that empowers us and...
Topics: Vajrayana Institute, Buddhism
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They are songs of definitive Dharma, sung to show the levels of the view leading to and including the ultimate Buddhist view.
Topics: Buddhism, Vajrayana, Milarepa, Songs
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Phakchok Rinpoche Teaching in 2009
Topics: KPR, Dharma, Vajrayana
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Afternoons with Geshe-la: Karma with Geshe Ngawang Samten Date & Times: Saturday 11 October 2014, 2pm-5pm Karma (the law of cause and effect) is the basis of Buddhist philosophy. As Geshela will explain, gaining a good understanding of karma is crucial for developing a deeper insight into the vast and profound teachings of the Buddha. Suitable for all. This teaching is interpreted by Corey Jackson. About the teacher Geshe Ngawang Samten was born in Panchamari, MP, India. At the age of...
Topics: Vajrayana Institute, Buddhism, Karma
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For twenty-fve years Peter Della Santina has been a student of H.H. Sakya Trizin, leader of the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism and of eminent abets of the Sakya Tradition. He has practiced Buddhist meditation and has completed a number of retreats.
Topics: Buddhism, Vajrayana, Sakya Pandita
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T HIS BOOK IS BASED ON introductory talks given by Lama Choedak to prepare students for Lamdre. These teach HIS BOOK IS BASED ON introductory talks given by Lamaings are prized by students and masters of all Tibetan traditions, and this book will interest all students of Tibetan Buddhism, especially those aspiring to take higher initiations.
Topics: Buddhism, Vajrayana, Lamdre, Sakyapa, Tibet
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Nov 24, 2008
11/08
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Geshe Ngawang Samten
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Among the Buddha’s teachings, the Perfection of Wisdom discourses occupied a special place, for it is through perfecting our wisdom understanding reality that we can gain freedom from suffering and achieve the state of complete, perfect enlightenment. The very essence of these discourses on wisdom is well captured in probably one of the most famous and popular sutras of all times, the Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra or simply the Heart Sutra. Recited daily in monasteries, temples and...
Topics: Buddhism, Heart Sutra, Vajrayana Institute
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May 4, 2011
05/11
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Wai Cheong Kok
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Guided meditation on loving-kindness. Cultivate loving-kindness, the heartfelf wish for self and others to find happiness and its causes, by focusing on ourselves and others.
Topics: Vajrayana Institute, Loving-kindness, Meditation
H.E. Garchen Triptrul Rinpoche - 37 Bodhisattva Practices
Topics: garchen rinpoche, vajrayana, buddhism, mahayana
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Afternoons with Geshe-la: View of the Middle Way with Geshe Ngawang Samten Date & Times: Saturday 14 June 2014, 2pm-5pm In this teaching Geshela will offer an overview of what is regarded as the pinnacle of Buddhist philosophy, the Middle Way view or Madhyamaka in Sanskrit. The Middle Way school is a Mahayana school of Indian Buddhism that does not assert the true existence of anything; it is one of the four Indian Buddhist tenet systems studied by all traditions of Tibetan Buddhism....
Topics: Vajrayana Institute, Buddhism, Middle Way
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Annual Shamatha Retreat 2014 Soothing the Body, Settling the Mind, and Illuminating Awareness with B. Alan Wallace President, Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies Dates: 13-19 August 2014 A week-long meditation retreat with the author of " The Attention Revolution " Learn to meditate deeply and uncover the power of a concentrated mind Equally rewarding for beginners and advanced meditators About the Retreat Few things affect our lives more than our faculty...
Topics: Vajrayana Institute, Buddhism, Shamatha, Path
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Afternoons with Geshe-la: Mind Training with Geshe Ngawang Samten Date & Times: Saturday 5 April 2014, 2pm-5pm In this teaching Geshela will offer an overview on the core teaching of the Kadampa tradition, called mind training or lojong in Tibetan. Lojong is a spiritual training in which one cleanses disturbing attitudes from one's mind and trains to replace them with constructive attitudes. Suitable for all. This teaching is interpreted by Corey Jackson. About the teacher Geshe...
Topics: Vajrayana Institute, Buddhism, Mind Training
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We are pleased to announce the visit of Khadrola (Rangjung Neljorma Khadro Namsel Drolma) to Vajrayana Institute. Khadrola is an extraordinary female lay teacher, who is also a meditator and a healer. Public Talk: How to develop wisdom and compassion Date & Times: Friday 11 April 2014, 7pm-8.30pm Weekend Teaching: What can Buddhism bring to your daily life - whether you're Buddhist or not Dates & Times: Sat-Sun 12-13 April 2014, 2pm-4pm About the teacher Khadrola is an extraordinary...
Topics: Buddhism, Khadro-la, Vajrayana Institute
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Aug 4, 2014
08/14
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Topics: tummo, tantra, vajrayana, light, tibet
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Dec 15, 2014
12/14
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Jampa Jaffe
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Working with Negative Emotions: Jealousy With Jampa Jaffe Date & Time: Saturday 6 December 2014, 2pm-5pm Buddhism has been called a science of the mind and many who practise it say the Buddha was similar to a skillful therapist who taught practical methods for dealing with the problems of ordinary life. Though Buddhism differs from psychotherapy in some significant ways, nevertheless like psychology, it deals with the human mind and emotions and strives to create happier, healthier human...
Topics: Vajrayana Institute, Negative Emotions, Jealousy
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Public talks with Ven Thubten Chodron Don't Believe Everything You Think Living with an Open Heart About the teacher Venerable Thubten Chodron has been a Buddhist nun since 1977 and has studied and practiced Buddhism under the guidance of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tsenzhap Serkong Rinpoche, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and other Tibetan masters. She is the founder and abbess of Sravasti Abbey ( www.sravasti.org ), a Buddhist monastic community in Washington State, USA. Ven. Chodron emphasizes the...
Topics: Vajrayana Institute, Buddhism, Ven Chodron
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Nov 3, 2014
11/14
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Cultivating Cognitive Intelligence with B. Alan Wallace Date & Time: Saturday 18 October 2014, 7pm-8.30pm The cultivation of insight into the nature of reality is central to the Buddha's teachings and the primary factor that leads to liberation and spiritual awakening. But such insight is obstructed by the cognitive imbalances of failing to apprehend what is true and of misapprehending that which is untrue as being true. In daily life, it is not uncommon for us to project ideas onto people...
Topics: Vajrayana Institute, Cultivating Cognitive Intelligence
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Why Meditate? Workshop with Matthieu Ricard A Meditation Workshop on working with Thoughts and Emotions with Matthieu Ricard Date & Times: Sun 1 June 2014, 10am-4pm Venue: Vajrayana Institute, 9 Victoria Square Ashfield In this workshop, Matthieu Ricard, a molecular geneticist turned Buddhist monk, will explain how meditation can help us achieve emotional balance, enhance mindfulness, expand altruistic love, and develop a sense of inner calm; while also reducing anxiety, vulnerability to...
Topics: Vajrayana Institute, Buddhism, Mindfulness, Meditation
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05/11
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Guided meditation on loving-kindness. Cultivate our innate quality of loving-kindness, the heartfelt wish for self and others to find happiness and the causes of happiness. This method makes use of a few meaningful phrases that best express our understanding of love: May you live in safety; May you be happy; May you be healthy; May you live with ease.
Topics: Vajrayana Institute, Loving-kindness, Meditation
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Public Talk: Fri 31 May 7:00pm-9:00pm Workshop: Sat-Sun 1-2 June 9:30am-5:00pm It's easy to become overwhelmed by the suffering of the world, to despair that there is little we can do to help. But it's possible to develop the huge compassion of the bodhisattva: the enthusiasm and confidence to never give up working to help others. The key is to develop wisdom: to understand our own suffering and how to overcome it. As His Holiness the Dalai Lama says, "Compassion on its own is not enough:...
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Topics: Vajrayana Institute, Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, Vajrayana, Robina Courtin, Compassion, Wisdom of...
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12/18
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Here is the original text of the Tripitaka in Pali language (written using the Thai script).
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Topics: religion, Buddhism, Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana, Pali Canon
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Oct 3, 2007
10/07
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Geshe Ngawang Samten
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An advanced program of study and practice focusing on nine classic Buddhist texts. The Buddha taught different things to different people in line with their capacities. Tibetan scholars systemized the numerous trends in Indian Buddhist thought and taught the four schools of Tenets (Drubtha) as a means to approach the most profound philosophical teachings via the more accessible levels. The text that is the basis for study of this subject gives a brief overview, culminating in the tenets of the...
Topics: buddhism, tibetan buddhism, tenets, vajrayana institute
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Oct 18, 2007
10/07
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Geshe Ngawang Samten
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Geshe Samten will complete teaching this advanced program of study and practise focusing on nine classic Buddhist texts. The text that is the basis for study of this subject gives a brief overview, culminating in the tenets of the most highly esteemed school, the Madhyamika.
Topics: buddhism, tibetan buddhism, tenets, vajrayana institute
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Oct 3, 2007
10/07
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The Buddha taught different things to different people in line with their capacities, resulting in different schools of philosophical tenets. This program studies these four schools as a means to understand the most profound teachings of the Madhyamika school.
Topics: buddhism, tibetan buddhism, tenets, vajrayana institute
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Oct 3, 2007
10/07
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Geshe Ngawang Samten
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The Buddha taught different things to different people in line with their capacities, resulting in different schools of philosophical tenets. This program studies these four schools as a means to understand the most profound teachings of the Madhyamika school.
Topics: buddhism, tibetan buddhism, tenets, vajrayana institute
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Oct 10, 2007
10/07
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Geshe Ngawang Samten
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Following the Mahayana path, we need a very clear understanding of Bodhicitta and its basis, great love and compassion. It is from such developed love and compassion that we build within us a deep sense of responsibility towards all living beings.
Topics: buddhism, tibetan buddhism, bodhicitta, compassion, vajrayana institute
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Oct 15, 2007
10/07
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Geshe Ngawang Samten
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Learn how happiness is established and suffering is avoided through an understanding of the twelve links of dependent origination. The twelve links are divided into six causes and six effects, and are the factors that connect us from one life to the other.
Topics: buddhism, tibetan buddhism, 12 links, vajrayana institute
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Sep 27, 2007
09/07
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Geshe Ngawang Samten
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Geshe Samten will continue to teach this advanced program of study and practise focusing on nine classic Buddhist texts. The Buddha taught different things to different people in line with their capabilities. Tibetan scholars systemised the numerous trends in Indian Buddhist thought and taught the four schools of Tenets (Drubtha) as a means to approach the most profound philosophical teachings via the more accessible levels. The text that is the basis for study of this subject gives a brief...
Topics: buddhism, tibetan buddhism, tenets, vajrayana institute
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03/19
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Here is the original text of the Tika in Pali language (written using the Devanagari script).
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Topics: religion, Buddhism, Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana, Pali Canon
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Oct 2, 2007
10/07
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Geshe Ngawang Samten
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Geshe Samten will continue to teach this advanced program of study and practise focusing on nine classic Buddhist texts. Tibetan scholars systemised the numerous trends in Indian Buddhist thought and taught the four schools of Tenets (Drubtha) as a means to approach the most profound philosophical teachings via the more accessible levels.
Topics: buddhism, tibetan buddhism, tenets, vajrayana institute
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Oct 16, 2007
10/07
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Geshe Ngawang Samten
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The great fourteenth century scholar and meditator, Je Tsong Khapa Rinpoche, author of the graduated guide to enlightenment, the Lam Rim Chen Mo, is equally renown as a devotional poet. In these teachings the sublime world of Tsong Khapa's insight will be revealed. Suitable for both new and experienced students.
Topics: buddhism, tibetan buddhism, dependent arising, vajrayana institute
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Dec 1, 2007
12/07
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Geshe Ngawang Samten
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Geshe Samten will complete teaching this advanced program of study and practise focusing on nine classic Buddhist texts. The text that is the basis for study of this subject gives a brief overview, culminating in the tenets of the most highly esteemed school, the Madhyamika.
Topics: buddhism, tibetan buddhism, tenets, vajrayana institute
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12/18
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Here is the original text of the Tripitaka in Pali language (written using the Kannada script).
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Topics: religion, Buddhism, Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana, Pali Canon
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Oct 10, 2007
10/07
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Geshe Ngawang Samten
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There was a time when wisdom was prized more highly than anything else. Although our age far surpasses all previous ages in knowledge, there has not necessarily been a correlative increase in wisdom. This sutra was taught by the Buddha and contains the essence of the Perfection of Wisdom.
Topics: buddhism, tibetan buddhism, heart sutra, vajrayana institute
Macclesfield, 19-21 Feb 2016 James Low The Macclesfield UK Talks [17] Audio recording by Gareth Williams Audio-edited by Gareth Williams and Wendy Chozom “Meditation can give a fresh outlook which promotes creativity. We will explore the dzogchen view that everything we experience is, in fact, the creativity of the mind.” Day 1 is mostly a day of meditation Day 1 File 1 – 1 hour 1 min File 2 – 22 mins File 3 – 54 mins File 4 – 53 mins Day 2 File 5 – 1 hour File 6 – 57 mins File...
Topics: Vajrayana, Buddhism, Nyingma, Chhimed Rigdzin Rinpoche, Dzogchen
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Oct 9, 2007
10/07
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Geshe Ngawang Samten
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There was a time when wisdom was prized more highly than anything else. Although our age far surpasses all previous ages in knowledge, there has not necessarily been a correlative increase in wisdom. This sutra was taught by the Buddha and contains the essence of the Perfection of Wisdom.
Topics: buddhism, tibetan buddhism, heart sutra, vajrayana institute
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Public Talk: Friday 2 August 2013, 7pm-9pm at Vajrayana Institute "Why would we use Buddhism in our daily lives? When we strip away the religious packaging, what we have is psychology: Buddha's expertise is the mind, the human heart and how to heal it." -- Ven Robina Courtin. Find out how the Buddha's teachings are just as relevant to our busy modern life as it was 2500 years ago. About the teacher Ven Robina became a student of Lama Yeshe and was ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun...
Topics: Robina Courtin, Buddhism, Vajrayana Institute, Buddhist psychology
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Teachings by Garchen Rinpoche on Dzogchen, 2002.
Topics: vajrayana, tibetan, buddism, dzogchen, garchen rinpoche
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12/18
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Here is the original text of the Tripitaka in Pali language (written using the Telugu script).
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Here is the original text of the Tripitaka in Pali language (written using the Tamil script).
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12/18
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